Rambynas Regional Park is one of the Regional Parks in Lithuania, situated at Pagėgiai municipality (Tauragė County) on the right Nemunas river bend in Lithuanian Republic near the border of Kaliningrad Oblast. The park was founded in 1992 with its area of 4,786 ha. About Rambynas Regional Park The Rambynas Regional Park territory for its natural and cultural heritage has been divided into eight protection and conservation zones (83.6% of the total park area) which are: Bitėnai Geomorphological Reserve Šilėnai Botanical Reserve Bitėnai Botanical and Zoological Reserve Ragainė Inflection Hydro-logical Reserve Šereitlaukis Architectural Reserve Jūra River Ichtiological Reserve Vilkyškių Geo-morphological Reserve Vilkyškiai Urban Reserve Other areas include: recreation areas (3.2%), defense areas (7.2%), business areas (6, 0% of the total park area) and a park territory tangled in a relatively dense network of roads with about 5.4 km of roads in an area of 100 acres. Among the eight park reserves the biggest protected park attractions are - the Nemunas valley landscape, Wetland meadows and their typical flora communities, Rambynas hill and its woods, Bitėnai and Bardėnai villages with preserved natural and cultural attractions, The ridge crest of Vilkyškiai, Regional forests characterized by a variety of woods, The environment of Šereitlaukis estate, The old town of Vilkyškiai and unique white stork colonies nesting in the pine trees. In the park area, there are eight villages: Bitėnai, Bardinai, Šereitlaukis, Opstainys, Pempynė, Vilkyškiai and part of Lumpėnai, with a population of 1340 inhabitants, 247 hectares of water ponds (5.1% of the park area). 13 kilometers from the Nemunas and Jūra river confluence to the Rambynas park boundary is the largest river in Lithuania, the Nemunas, and the Lithuanian state border with Russia's Kaliningrad enclave. The Nemunas valley is washed with 33 old river lakes, the largest - the Merguva (44.8 ha) and Bitežeris (13.8 ha). Protected Areas Management - "Phase I" and "Phase II" State Service for Protected Areas under the Ministry of the Environment, together with a number of Authorities for protected areas in Lithuania will implement the EU Structural Funds for the project “Protected Areas Management" The project objectives are: Facilitate public access to protected environments Facilitate visits to protected areas without harming the environment Create conditions for the “Natura 2000” sites improvement “Phase I” completion of the following activities: Organisation and adaption of 4 heritage sites for visitors: Rambynas new stone altar ensemble Opstainiai I ( Vilkyskiai, Raudondvaris )